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Purveyors of culture: Why bookshops are a relationship
Ahead of Love Your Bookshop Day, Australian Booksellers Association CEO Robbie Egan argues that your local book store thrives on…
The award for neglected books that builds writers' careers
The shortlist for the 2019 Most Underrated Book Awards has been revealed unleashing new talent across different genres.
ICYMI: A wrap of this week’s arts news
From a spate of art fairs to early 2020 program announcements and ticket offers for upcoming Festivals, we bring you…
PWA calls for help to reimagine itself
Embattled Playwriting Australia (PWA) announces submissions call out for a reform of the organisation.
Arnhem Land again trumps this year’s NATSIAA, but trends are surprising
Yolngu artist Djambawa Marawili wins the $50,000 Telstra Art Award with a painting that shows the international impact of Aboriginal…
Making great propaganda art
Bad politics inspires great art. Street artist Peter Drew needed to tell the world ‘Real Australians say welcome’ and here’s…
Getting the best results out of an arts journalist
Writing about the arts is changing at an exponential rate with constant disruption in the media landscape. Gina Fairley shares…
What Australians can learn from Smithsonian’s Accessibility Director
30-years of shaping disability access programming for America's largest cultural institutions brings lessons for change and a strong read on…
The neon installation festival luring community out after dark
A festival in Melbourne’s inner suburbs is bringing the community together after-dark to experience installations in an enchanted neon-lit garden.
Book Review: On Eating Meat by Matthew Evans
This book should be read by everyone who has the means to eat well.